William cleveland



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,242, dated July 24, 1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM CLEVELAND, of the city and State of NewYork, have 1nvented, made, and applied to use a certain new and usefulImprovement in Curtain- Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and eXact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l is a perspectiveview of a window shade tted with my improvement and Fig. 2 is anelevation of my bracket with the rollers or sheaves therein.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Shades or curtains have heretofore been fitted to roll up with a springand a cord has served to pull the same down, in this instance thevcordattached to the center of the Slat at the bottom of the curtain has beenan obstruction to the window and in cases where large plate glasses areused the cord through the center of the window is a great detriment tothe appearance.

The nature of my said invention consists in a spring barrel suflicientto roll up the curtain when the weight of the slat is removed, combinedwith a weighted slat that is suHicient to overcome the spring and drawdown the curtain and with double cords arranged over pulleys or sheavesin such a manner that the weighted slat can be lifted at both ends whilethe spring keeps the curtain rolled up, or upon allowing the weightedslat to descend it draws the curtain down against the action of thespring.

In the drawing a, represents the window casing of any desired character,b, is the spring blind or curtain roller, c, is the weighted slat; d, e,are cords attached to the respective ends of said slat and passing overthe rollers or sheaves f, f', and thence to the clamp g. The sheave f issingle and that f is double so as to pass the two cords at that side tothe clamp g. It will be seen that the cord e, crosses near the underside of the roller b; and by pulling on the cords d, e, the slat c, willbe raised and the spring roller winds the blind or curtain onto it; orvice versa. The brackets receiving the ends of the roller and sheavesare to be attached to the window casing in any convenient manner, andfor this purpose may stand out from said casing or hang from the lintelor head of the window, or be screwed onto the side of the casing as seenin the drawing.

By this arrangement of devices for raising or lowering the curtain, thecords do not come in the way of the window and are kept out of sight asmuch as possible so as not to detract from the handsome appearance ofthe curtain itself or the window to which it is applied; and from thepulleys f, the cords may be led away to any convenient part of the storeor room and there made fast.

lThat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The bracketsand sheaves f, f', and cords (Z, e, in combination with the springroller b, and weighted slat c, in the manner and for the purposesspecified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this second day ofJuly 1860.

WILLIAM CLEVELAND.

Vitnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, THos. GEO. HAROLD.

